Shafter, California demographics

Shafter, CA demographics: median age 28.1; 12.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Shafter city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0671106. The survey estimates a population of 21,193 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Shafter is 28.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.1 years. There are 5,677 households (±307). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	28.1 ±1.1	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,193
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	7,095 ±721	33.5% ±3.4 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	6,167 ±623	29.1% ±2.9 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	6,341 ±541	29.9% ±2.6 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	1,590 ±318	7.5% ±1.5 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,193
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	10,460 ±461	49.4% ±2.2 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	10,733 ±457	50.6% ±2.2 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,193
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	6,476 ±994	30.6% ±4.7 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	302 ±164 · low precision	1.4% ±0.8 pp · low precision	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	327 ±190 · low precision	1.5% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	552 ±283 · low precision	2.6% ±1.3 pp · low precision	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	24 ±23 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,860 ±995	22.9% ±4.7 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	8,652 ±1,253	40.8% ±5.9 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,193
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,114 ±588	19.4% ±2.8 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17,079 ±592	80.6% ±2.8 pp	40.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,677
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	3,168 ±353	55.8% ±5.4 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	592 ±190	10.4% ±3.3 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,068 ±252	18.8% ±4.3 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	688 ±261	12.1% ±4.6 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	161 ±85 · low precision	2.8% ±1.5 pp · low precision	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,677
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,172 ±232	55.9% ±2.8 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	2,505 ±344	44.1% ±5.6 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 5,677
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	688 ±261	12.1% ±4.6 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	987 ±215	17.4% ±3.7 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,349 ±307	23.8% ±5.3 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,263 ±243	22.2% ±4.1 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	818 ±195	14.4% ±3.3 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	367 ±119	6.5% ±2.1 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	205 ±91	3.6% ±1.6 pp	2.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 21,193
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	16,172 ±639	76.3% ±3.0 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,021 ±639	23.7% ±3.0 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 19,596
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	8,018 ±974	40.9% ±4.9 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	11,139 ±938	56.8% ±4.7 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	84 ±94 · low precision	0.4% ±0.5 pp · low precision	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	24 ±28 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	22 ±39 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	77 ±55 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	83 ±116 · low precision	0.4% ±0.6 pp · low precision	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	149 ±200 · low precision	0.8% ±1.0 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 11,945
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,180 ±490	26.6% ±3.9 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	3,333 ±386	27.9% ±3.0 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,993 ±402	25.1% ±3.2 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	977 ±224	8.2% ±1.8 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	935 ±198	7.8% ±1.6 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	527 ±156	4.4% ±1.3 pp	14.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 20,843
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	19,339 ±604	92.8% ±2.8 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,016 ±499	4.9% ±2.4 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	469 ±301 · low precision	2.3% ±1.4 pp · low precision	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	19 ±61 · low precision	0.1% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.0% of Shafter residents (±2.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 87.9% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Shafter	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.0% ±2.0 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	87.9% ±1.2 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.3% ±0.9 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Shafter . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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